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ABSTRACT
This study examined the effect of financial lack among women in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State. To achieve the purpose of the study, four (4) research questions were raised and examined. The sample size for the study was made up of one hundred one hundred and fifty (150) respondents which were selected from Ekehuan community in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State. The data collected was analyzed using frequency count and simple percentage.
The study revealed that low level of employment among women, restriction of access to certain job opportunities, concentration of women in in low-paid skilled jobs and inequality along gender lines in the labour market all constitute the effects of financial lack on women’s level of employment in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State. It was concluded that that there is high level of financial lack among women in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State.
The study recommends that there is a need for government to focus on gender-based poverty interventions especially among female-headed households in Nigeria. It was also recommended that there is need to encourage women training in life-long skills that will make them self-efficient.
